So my rant continues…
So why should the SCTA contact you every time they want to make a rule change? You special or something? They don’t contact every car guy when the want to make a change on that side…. its there club and they can do whatever and run it any way they want… when the FIM decided to go from 500cc to 1000cc no one bitched…. They just did it.. Why? Because they wanted to play… when the FIM said they were gonna go from 1000cc to 900cc did they bitch? No they, just went along… If your kids school says they all have to where uniforms ya do it. So you don’t like the way they wanted to make it safer for the racer by requiring all cow leathers… did you do anything about it…did you go to a board meeting to discuss it? Did you file a rule change request form? No.!… all ya guys did is bitch…
So some of ya are willing to kick out the people who are making you jump though hoops…. But not a one of you are willing to step up and do the job “oh I live too far away” bull crap…!… show up and get involved or shut up…..Yes I am sticking up for the decisions made for my behalf by the SCTA and if they want me to race on my head with my bare ass in the wind I will cuz that’s the sand box I wish to play in…
Now on to the P/S rule…
Sum to your surprise I meant it, the rule is good just the way it is written. The problem is interpretation of the rule… now no one has a problem with the side profile and the hand fore arm thing, its that little word “ABOVE”…. For the last week all of ya have been taking the wrong fork in the road that lead us into this problem in the first place…. “Interpretation” or assumption… cuz my interpretation as well as stainless, Larry’s and Bob were greatly different than the supposed protestors and the Tech guy’s interpretation and that’s were the problem lies…. So lets back up to the fork in the road and go the other way and examine the problem word “above”… hummm above..?… Above what? Above the fuel tank..?… Or above from a fricken satellite..?….How far above and from where..?…So lets set a height thing first, how high..?…. The fuel tank height will probably be to low, now I’m 6’ and Tom and Russ are about the same eye level at about 65” but there are some little runts that see things from zipper level and stainless towers above all of us so lets go with a even number of 60”… Yep so now we look down from 60”… down from where..?… If I look down from my windscreen everything is legal..Yeh!… if I look down from behind the rear tail everything blocks my legs, feet, and ass ..Boo no good! so from where would it be fair..?…How bout the middle of the bike..?… Look down from a direct measurement center of axle distance…yeh that’s it…center of wheelbase… ok we got our height and location now what..?…I envision a standard or a measuring devise… ok I’ll make a 60” tall piece of metal tube and I’ll attach a long piece of jack chain to it and on the end of the chain I’ll attach a tape measure… so the Tech inspector gets this standard out of the tech trailer and takes it to the bike, he measures the center of the wheelbase and makes a mark in the dirt (or salt) and then stands the tube up vertical, he then takes the long chain and extends it to the foot peg… if any bodywork hits the chain, its illegal… no more guessing, no more interpretation, just a simple go or no measurement. Oh and check this out I can make a mark on the tube at 36” for the mps seat height rule and another for the 40”aps rule, oh, oh, we can even use the tape measure as a plumb bob to check if your tail extends over the rear tire to far.. And check this out.. the tech guy can lay the tube down at the centerline mark, 90deg angled outward from the bike, step out to the end and go down on one knee to get a side profile. And if that doesn’t work he can stuff it up the whiney racers a//……. ok I’ll be nice here… you get my idea…it can be a multi measurement standard to keep in the tech trailer….
So what do ya think…. Hell I don’t why I asked….. I don’t care what ya think I’m gonna write the idea up as a rule clarification as well as writing up new rules for electric motorcycle cuz there aren’t any and I’m gonna race one next year. I will also draw up a long overdue diagram for clarification of the P/S rules. If the SCTA prints it in the rulebook cool… if not I’ll print up about a hundred copies so they will be available in the tech trailer. So I figgered I’ll participate in the process instead of bitchin about it….. Cuz ya see…. the rule change deadline is Monday…if ya want something changed, file it… and here is a tip on your requests. dont just point out a idea and not give them the solution or whats worse give them a request that will cause them a lot of problems and work drafting it up. an exanple " i request aftermarket cases in M class"... burrrt.. probably wont fly. but if ya say "i request aftermarket direct replacement crankcases that offer no competitive advantage in M class" just might fly....ya gotta agree it stands a better chance...dont just say "all bikes need to have lead" but say " all bikes need to have lead of a minimun size of "x" and a maximum size of "y" and is to be retained by "z" amount of fasteners of "P" dimentions" ya get the hint.?..if ya don’t participate in the proper process the age old adage “shut the Fiat up” applies…
Yours in sport
Kent